Federal Case

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• containing an excellent discussion of pre-Smith Supreme Court precedent involving balancing of compelling state interest against probable burdens upon religious freedom
• plaintiffs claimed .that their religion prevented them from submitting to governmental approval of school
• regulation of curriculum and teacher certification, with required information gathering procedures
• standards applied in approving or disapproving educational program “must be reasonable”
• “given the simple ‘check up’ purpose of the visit, and interpreting the proposal reasonably, we cannot say that the state is embarking upon the kind of mission that seems likely to force it to ‘examine the content and curricula of religious programs’ ’’

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